What a wonderful way to go

from Life is what you do by Al Roberts

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What a wonderful way to go

He was a regular for Ruby,
She didn’t mind ‘cause he was quick
He was a bread and butter punter,
She could do magic with her tricks.
Sometimes he’d talk to spill his troubles.
She listen long and drink his gin.
Maybe he’d tip her most politely
For being so extra nice to him.

What a wonderful way to
When you’re down on your luck you know
That if heaven is proved a lie
You can get there before you die.

He’d always had a dodgy ticker
The Doctor’s advice was stay in bed
He didn’t mean in Ruby’s cat-house
But that’s where the worried patient fled

He hadn’t paid when he departed
She called the undertaker in
No one before had die in her arms
An angel of god in a house of sin.

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from Life is what you do, released May 24, 2006
Written by A Roberts © 2006

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